MSF health promoters, Joseph Ibeabuchi (male) and April Ozibo Chinezon (female) educating the public about lassa fever in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. They are creating awareness about the disease to stop the spread and reduce the stigma towards patients of the disease.

Issues in focus

Impact summary

1,350,000,000

litres of water distributed

143,800

people treated for cholera

1,318,100

vaccinations against measles in response to an outbreak

4,607,000

routine vaccinations

16,493,900

outpatient consultations

7,070

people received care following a snakebite

23,400

people started on treatment for tuberculosis

73,800

people treated for sexual violence

13,800

people treated for meningitis

506,300

individual mental health consultations

34,700

women and girls received treatment for abortion-related concerns and complications

63,200

women and girls requested and received safe abortion care

213,800

consultations for diabetes

209,000

severely malnourished children admitted to inpatient feeding programs

584,700

admissions of malnourished children to outpatient feeding programmes

36,800

people on first-line HIV antiretroviral treatment under direct MSF care

20,700

people on second-line HIV antiretroviral treatment under direct MSF care

3,877,100

malaria cases treated

2,473,700

emergency room admissions

134,000

surgical interventions requiring anaesthesia

1,665,200

patients admitted